New Horror Game for July 2022 Could Be One of the Scariest Games of the Year
The horror genre has been a staple of Hollywood since its very conception, but it took a little longer for it to makes its way to the video game industry. Though early text adventures would adopt a horror tone, it'd be quite a while before big budget home console releases put their own spin on the genre, with limited graphics not allowing for much overt spookiness. By the time Sony's first PlayStation came out, 3D graphics had taken over the industry, and horror games began to truly shine. Titles like Resident Evil and Silent Hill became household names, right alongside the likes of mascot platformers like Mario. And now, flashing forward a few decades, the horror genre is one of gaming's most prevalent, with new releases like the upcoming MADiSON dropping frequently.
Announced back in July 2021, MADiSON is a first-person psychological horror game that drops in just a week, releasing on July 8, 2022. Though the developer, Bloodious Games, has tried to keep the curtain pulled over most of the game's stories and mechanics, a few gameplay trailers have been released, each one creepier than the last. Locked in a dark room, the player must solve puzzles to progress and must hold off the ancient demons that are attempting to possess them, all the while only armed with an instant camera.
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Taking one look at the gameplay trailer, it's easy to compare MADiSON to the infamous PT demo. Eventually unveiled to be the teaser for a new, now-canceled, Silent Hills, PT was groundbreaking upon its 2014 release. Since then, just about every other Indie horror game has attempted to borrow PT's unique visual style and pacing, but while most fail to live up to the
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